Biology:Dolichoderus vexillarius

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Short description: Species of ant

Dolichoderus vexillarius
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
Baltic amber
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. vexillarius
Binomial name
Dolichoderus vexillarius
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

Dolichoderus vexillarius is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1915, a fossilised worker was found and described from the Baltic amber.[1]

References

  1. Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 83, fig. 37 worker described)

Wikidata ☰ Q3912288 entry